Terms of Use

General
These Terms of Use apply to the access to and the use of this website www.cvcdif.com, “Website”, that is operated by DIF Management B.V. (“DIF”), regardless from which location the Website is accessed and used. By accessing and making use of this Website, you agree with these Terms of Use. Please read these Terms of Use carefully.

In these Terms of Use, “Content” is defined as: all content provided on this Website, including any text, music and sound, graphics, images, photographs, audio and video, footage, animations, podcasts, analyses, studies, reports, and downloads.

Use of Website
Although DIF has taken reasonable care to ensure that the information contained within this Website is accurate, there is no representation or warranty (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness by DIF or their contractual partners. Any news, updates, opinions and any other Contents on the Website are provided by DIF for personal use and informational purposes only and are subject to change without notice.

Unless and except as otherwise expressly permitted by these Terms of Use, you may not access, copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, alter, publicly distribute, republish, upload, post, transmit, publicly perform or display, license, transfer, sell, mirror, frame, “deep link,” “scrape,” data mine, or otherwise use any Content or other information or material obtained from or through this Website, without written permission from DIF. DIF is fully authorized to make claims as a result of the unauthorised use of this Website or the Content, including damages, disclosure in the use of this Content and the blocking of access to this Website. Unauthorized use of this Website may violate applicable laws, including copyright law, trademark laws, and commercial regulations and statutes. 

The Website is not intended for use by any person in any jurisdiction where (by reason of that person’s nationality, residence or otherwise) the publication or availability of the Content on this Website is prohibited. It is the responsibility of any person accessing this Website to inform himself of, and to observe fully, any restrictions or prohibitions of the applicable laws and regulations of any relevant jurisdiction.

Content
The Content on the Website is available for general informational purposes only and does not constitute, either explicitly or implicitly, any provision of services or products by DIF or any of its affiliates. The Content displayed on this Website does not in any way constitute or form part of (a) any offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for any interest in any fund managed by DIF, and (b) the (pre-)marketing thereof , and (ii) is not intended for use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction where such use would be contrary to law or regulation. No investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice is provided through the Website.

Certain of the statements on this Website may be statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on DIF’s current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements, and these should not be relied on as a promise or representation as to past or future performance of a fund or any other entity of the DIF Group, a transaction or investment. In addition to statements which are forward-looking by reason of context, the words “may, will, should, expects, plans, intends, anticipates, believes, estimates, predicts, potential, or continue” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The matters discussed herein may also involve risks and uncertainties. DIF assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained herein.

(Intellectual) Property
This Website and the related software and files, the computers hosting this Website, and Content, except stock media (free of copyright), are the exclusive property of DIF or are licensed to DIF, and are protected by law.

DIF reserves all rights with respect to its proprietary information or material on this Website and will enforce such rights to the full extent of applicable intellectual property rights (including copyright and trademark law). Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, DIF does not grant any express or implied rights to you. All rights in the pages and the Website and Content are owned by DIF and its respective licensors.

You agree not to sell, distribute, publish, broadcast, circulate or commercially exploit Content in any manner without the express written consent of DIF. Any downloading or otherwise copying from this Website will not transfer title to any software or material to you. Unless otherwise noted, DIF and other brands featured on the Website constitute our trade/service marks. You agree not to directly or indirectly: attempt to register, challenge or contest the validity of DIF’s ownership of, such copyrights, trademarks or any other intellectual property of DIF, or assist any third party in doing so.

Only limited portions of the Content available in the public areas of the Website may be printed and downloaded on an occasional basis for personal, scholarly, research or non-commercial purposes; provided that all hard copies contain all copyright and other applicable proprietary rights notices included in such Content and information and/or appropriate attribution to DIF in a form and manner acceptable to us. For information on obtaining permission to use any Content beyond the uses permitted above, please contact DIF at info@dif.eu. 

Linked websites 
Certain hyperlinks or referenced websites on the Website may, for your convenience, forward you to third parties’ websites, which generally are recognized by their top level domain name. Any descriptions of, references to, or links to other products, publications or services do not constitute an endorsement, authorisation, sponsorship by or affiliation with DIF with respect to any linked website or its sponsor, unless expressly stated by DIF. Any such information, products or websites have not necessarily been reviewed by DIF and are provided or maintained by third parties over whom DIF exercises no control. DIF expressly disclaims any responsibility for the Content, the accuracy of the information, and/or quality of products or services provided by or advertised on these third-party websites. DIF reserves the right to terminate any hyperlink or hyperlinking program at any time.

No Warranty
The information and opinions contained on this Website, including hyperlinks or references to other sites, are provided ‘as is’ without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, to the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law. You are responsible for evaluating the adequacy, accuracy, reliability, merchantability, non-infringement, completeness of any information or the Content available on the Website or fitness for any particular purpose with respect to the Website or any of its Content. DIF further assumes no responsibility for, and makes no warranties that, functions contained on this Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Website or the servers that make it available will be free of viruses, malware or other harmful components.

Liability Waiver
Neither DIF nor any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, registered representatives or employees, nor any third party vendor, will be liable or have any liability, whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or special damages arising out of or in any way connected with your access or use or inability to access or use the Website or reliance on the Content, or any failure of performance, interruption, defect, delay in transmission, computer viruses, malware or other harmful components, or line or system failure associated with the Website, regardless of our knowledge thereof.

Events beyond DIF’s Control
You expressly absolve and release DIF, its respective affiliates, related companies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, registered representatives, shareholders, legal representatives, attorneys, agents, successors and assigns, from any claim of harm resulting from a cause beyond its control including, but not limited to, the failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems, computer viruses, malware or other harmful components or software failures, unauthorised access, hacking, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes, or natural disasters, strikes or other labour problems, wars, acts of domestic or foreign terrorism or governmental restrictions.

User Representations
You represent and warrant to DIF that you will not use this Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, including but not limited to attempting or actually (a) disrupting, impairing or otherwise interfering with the operation or integrity of the Website or circumventing any Website security system; (b) collecting any information about other users of the Website; or (c) systematically extracting Content or other information or data contained in the Website to populate databases or other sites.

Changes to the Terms of Use
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms of Use at any time. The modified Terms of Use become applicable when they are published on the website. The Terms of Use available on the Website at the time of your visit are the applicable terms.

Severability
In the event that any provision of these Terms of Use is held unenforceable, the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions will not be affected, and the unenforceable provision will be replaced with an enforceable provision that comes close to the intention underlying the unenforceable provision.

Applicable law and competent court
This Website and our Terms of Use are governed by Dutch law and you agree that the District Court of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) is exclusively competent with regard to any dispute arising from or concerning this Website or our Terms of Use.

Contact us
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, or our practices related to the Website, please contact us at info@dif.eu.

Privacy Statement and Cookie Notice
Please also read our Privacy Statement which provides information on how we process any personal data we collect from you when visiting our Website, or that you provide to us, and our Cookie Notice, which sets out information about the cookies the Website uses.

By using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read the Privacy Statement; and our Cookie Notice.